Editing Courtyard (section)

=== United States ===
[[File:Oak Ridge Apartments (7345691882).jpg|left|thumb|[[Oak Ridge Apartments]] in [[Evanston, Illinois]] from 1914]]

A courtyard apartment building type appeared in [[Chicago]] in the early 1890s and flourished into the 1920s. They are characterized primarily by a low height, a structure along three sides of a rectangular or square lot, and an open court extending perpendicular to the street. The courtyards are generally deeper than they are wide, but many finer ones are wider than they are deep. Influenced by the privacy and domesticity of a [[Single-family detached home|standalone house]] as much as by strict [[Building code|health codes]], the architectural style provided outdoor access and ventilation unseen in earlier multi-unit housing in the United States.